Aerial game device



1952 6 H. w. BRASINGTON 2,616,697

AERIAL GAME DEVICE I Filed June 27. 1951 INVENTOR. HAROLD W. BRASINGTONamid/m ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 4, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AERIALGAME DEVICE Harold W. Brasington, Darlington, S. 0. Application June 27,1951, Serial No. 233,760

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to a game device and has for its chief object theprovision of elements testing the coordination of the hand and eye ofthe operator.

Another object of my invention is the provision of adjustment of certainmembers of the device to suit either a right-handed or left-handedplayer.

A further object of my invention is to provide a means of scoring pointsin playing the device, the points of scoring ranging from easy todifficult so as to present a challenge to the player.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent inthe course of the following detailed description when viewed togetherwith the single figure of the drawing which is a perspective view of adevice embodying my invention.

In the embodiment chosen for purpose of illustration, numeral Indesignates a base which may be made of wood, metal, or any othersubstance permitting the same to lie fiat upon the ground or floor. Nearone end of the base I have placed two standards I l and I2, one at eachside edge of the base and each supported rigidly in a vertical positionby its own gussets l3 and I4, and I5 and It. The standards are placedparallel to one end of the base and are provided with a top cross memberI! rigidly afiixed to the top ends thereof.

Midway the length of the horizontally disposed cross member IT, I haveplaced a main pulley [8 adapted to receive a flexible cable or rope I9.The end of the rope l9 which is passed through the main pulley i8 isprovided with a ball 20 which may be made of hard rubber or othersuitable material. The rope on the opposite side of the main pulley I9is passed over a secondary pulley 2 positioned approximately midway thedistance between the main pulley and one of the side standards H. Uponthe opposite end of the rope I have provided a handle or grip 22preferably made of rubber and molded around the rope end. Thus the ballmay be raised or lowered and controlled to a certain extent in any planeof movement by manipulating the grip 22 at the rope end.

Near the end of the base l0, opposite the standards II and I2, I havepositioned five open ended tubes 23, 23, 24, 24', and 25. The tubes aremade to stand vertically with respect to the base member I!) and arepositioned in a straight line on the vertical plane bisecting the uppermain pulley I8 and the base I 0.

In the present instance the first tube 23 is of 2 a diameterconsiderably larger than the diameter of the ball 20; the second, thirdand fourth tubes successively smaller, and the fifth tube 25 of suchdiameter as to barely receive the ball.

The object of the game is to swing the ball in pendulum fashion with onehand while holding the rope grip 22 with the other hand. At any selectedforward swing of the ball 20, the player may permit the rope to moveupwardly, and make an attempt to lower the ball into any one of thethree receiving tubes. Since the nearest tube is comparatively large,the final score will not be as high as if the ball were dropped into therear, small tube. It is apparent that if the initial starting of theswing by one hand is not in the correct plane alignment, the ball couldnot be placed in any of the tubes. Even if the plane of the swing ismade correctly, it is extremely difficult to control the trajectory ofthe ball to make the same hit a given spot.

While I have shown the receiving tubes as being in a straight line onthe vertical plane of the device, they might be arranged in any numberand in any position, such as a triangle for example, along the rear endof the base In which would make the game even more interesting.

In playing any game, the stance varies with the player. In the presentinvention 1 have provided a pulley 2 I for transferring the secondarypulley from one side of the center ball-line to the other so that theguide rope [9 may be handled with either hand. The standards should besufficiently high and the ball of such weight as to produce slow arcuatemovements when swinging and thus give the player a better chance withthe guide rope I 9. All of the pulleys are provided with the customaryswivel mounting.

While I have described thev game as one to be played out of doors, itmay be easily adapted as an indoor sport. Such adaptation might consistof removing the base and standards altogether and affixing the uppercross member I! to a door lintel. Other changes might also be madewithout departing from the scope of the invention as defined by thefollowing claim.

I claim:

In a game device, a base, standards mounted on said base adjacent oneend thereof, a horizontal member supported above said base by saidstandards, a plurality of tubes of various diameters mounted on saidbase adjacent said end remote from said standards, a pulley mounted on 34 member, the diameter of said ball being less than UNITED STATESPATENTS the diameter of the smallest of said tubes, and Number Name Datea hand grip on the other end of said suspension 705,632 Astarita July29, 1902 member for manipulating said suspension member to lower saidball into one of said tubes when 5 FOREIGN PATENTS said ball is swungpendulum fashion.

Number Country Date HAROLD BRASINGTON' 382,454 France Oct. 1, 1907REFERENCES CITED 425,635 France Apr. 10, 1911 744,418 France Jan. 21,1933 The following references are of record in the 10 I file of thispatent:

